Finding Beauty in the Face of Adversity

So I saw this video recently, as a couple of my friends shared the link to the video on Facebook, and I thought it was incredibly inspiring. The video is about a woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer and thus underwent a double mastectomy, leaving her with many scars around her breasts. The woman tells the story of how she found out she had cancer, and talks about her decision to cover up her scars with tattoos she designed herself. She describes the scars as "daily reminders, which is cool, they're just not that pretty." The video goes on to talk about how tattoos can often aid in the healing process and the woman, Molly, discusses how she helped to form the organization Personal Ink. The organization pairs cancer survivors with willing tattoo artists in order to transform surgical scars from everyday reminders to something beautiful and empowering. Molly decides to get a tattoo of a Brazilian flower (as she has an obsession with all things related to Brazil) and the flower itself is 'both unique and resilient.' In the conclusion of the video, Molly happily discusses how excited she is to visit the beaches of Brazil and "marching [her] ass around the beach with no top on." It is clear how much more confident she is and she expresses her excitement to walk around naked and show off her new tattoos. I absolutely loved the sentiment of this video and everything it touches on. I think I've mentioned this in class before, but my aunt died from breast cancer at a very young age and she reminded me a lot of the woman in this video. Like Molly, my aunt didn't like being bald not because she felt self-conscious without hair, but because it was a daily reminder of her illness. She chose the most ridiculously quirky wigs to wear around just to prove that cancer wasn't going to hold her back from being herself or finding strength and beauty in the face of adversity. I would really recommend watching this video because I think it's extremely inspiring and relevant to this class.